Estas son las mañanitas
Que cantaba el rey David,
A las muchachas bonitas
Se las cantaba así:

"Despierta, mi bien, despierta!
Mira que ya amaneció.
Ya las pajaritos cantan
La luna ya se metió."

English:

“These are the morning songs that King David sang to the
pretty girls; he sang to them like this:

‘Wake up, my dear, wake up!
Look, the day has already dawned
Already the little birds are singing
And the moon has put itself away.’ "

La Mananitas (The Little Morning Songs)is a song sung traditionally first thing on a person's birthday. My in-laws have a Mexican background, and it is their tradition. Probably sung by some others in Central/Latin America?
~Emily

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